U.S. News surveyed 185 medical schools engaged in research that were accredited either by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association. A total of 120 schools responded with the data required for the study.

The schools were rated for eight indicators, including student selectivity, faculty-student ratio, research activities by faculty members and a quality assessment.

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Top Medical Schools for Research

Rank

School

City

Tuition

Enrollment (Full-time)

1

Harvard University

Boston, MA

$61,600 (full-time)

712

2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

$53,400 (full-time)

476

3 (tie)

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$58,197(full-time)

494

3 (tie)

University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)

Philadelphia, PA

$57,884 (full-time)

587

5

University of California-San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

$34,977 (in-state, full-time

645

6 (tie)

Columbia University

New York, NY

$61,146(full-time)

620

6 (tie)

University of California-Los Angeles (Geffen)

Los Angeles, CA

$35,187 (in-state, full-time)

713

8

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

$65,044 (full-time)

492

9 (tie)

Cornell University (Weill)

New York, NY

$57,050 (full-time)

414

9 (tie)

Mayo Clinic School of Medicine (Alix)

Rochester, MN

$55,500 (full-time)

307

9 (tie)

New York University (Langone)

New York, NY

N/A

481

12

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

$36,549 (in-state, full-time)

1,090

13 (tie)

Duke University

Durham, NC

$59,100 (full-time)

503

13 (tie)

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

$56,004 (in-state, full-time)

579

13 (tie)

Yale University

New Haven, CT

$61,140 (full-time)

391

16 (tie)

University of Chicago (Pritzker)

Chicago, IL

$55,440 (full-time)

362

16 (tie)

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

$37,540 (in-state, full-time)

717

16 (tie)

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

$55,608 (full-time)

397

19 (tie)

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY

$52,682 (full-time)

557

19 (tie)

Northwestern University (Feinberg)

Chicago, IL

$59,986 (full-time)

666

21

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA

$33,855 (in-state, full-time)

526

22

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

$29,900 (full-time)

723

23

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

$30,437 (in-state, full-time)

788

24 (tie)

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

$63,262 (full-time)

938

24 (tie)

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

$50,000 (full-time)

556

26

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

$19,654 (in-state, full-time)

905

27 (tie)

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

$43,828 (in-state, full-time)

613

27 (tie)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

$34,478 (in-state, full-time)

740

29

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

$42,636 (in-state, full-time)

602

30 (tie)

Boston University

Boston, MA

$60,864 (full-time)

726

30 (tie)

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

$30,690 (in-state, full-time)

778

30 (tie)

University of Alabama-Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

$28,410 (in-state, full-time)

814

30 (tie)

University of California-Davis

Sacramento, CA

$37,686 (in-state, full-time)

442

30 (tie)

University of Colorado

Aurora, CO

$39,364 (in-state, full-time)

722

30 (tie)

University of Southern California (Keck)

Los Angeles, CA

$62,964 (full-time)

757

36 (tie)

Brown University (Alpert)

Providence, RI

$61,244 (full-time)

590

36 (tie)

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

$56,800 (full-time)

422

38 (tie)

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, NY

$52,145 (full-time)

771

38 (tie)

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

$31,182 (in-state, full-time)

708

38 (tie)

University of Iowa (Carver)

Iowa City, IA

$36,382 (in-state, full-time)

595

38 (tie)

University of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

$36,375 (in-state, full-time)

650

38 (tie)

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

$39,281 (in-state, full-time)

501

43 (tie)

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

$32,744 (in-state, full-time)

544

43 (tie)

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

$38,628 (in-state, full-time)

1,012

45 (tie)

Dartmouth College (Geisel)

Hanover, NH

$63,080 (full-time)

403

45 (tie)

University of California-Irvine

Irvine, CA

$33,855 (in-state, full-time)

429

45 (tie)

University of Massachusetts-Worcester

Worcester, MA

$35,500 (in-state, full-time)

617

48 (tie)

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

$52,037 (full-time)

796

48 (tie)

Indiana University-Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

$34,979 (in-state, full-time)

1,426

50 (tie)

University of Illinois

Chicago, IL

$46,359 (in-state, full-time)

1,317

50 (tie)

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

$58,823 (full-time)

510

52 (tie)

University of Connecticut

Farmington, CT

$36,932 (in-state, full-time)

425

52 (tie)

University of Miami (Miller)

Miami, FL

$44,107 (full-time)

797

52 (tie)

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

$29,175 (in-state, full-time)

716

52 (tie)

University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston (McGovern)

Houston, TX

$16,509 (in-state, full-time)

984

56 (tie)

Stony Brook University-SUNY

Stony Brook, NY

$43,020 (in-state, full-time)

550

56 (tie)

Thomas Jefferson University (Kimmel)

Philadelphia, PA

$56,851 (full-time)

1,130

56 (tie)

Tufts University

Boston, MA

$61,918 (full-time)

846

56 (tie)

University of Hawaii-Manoa (Burns)

Honolulu, HI

$36,672 (in-state, full-time)

290

60 (tie)

George Washington University

Washington, DC

$60,250 (full-time)

728

60 (tie)

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

$54,050 (full-time)

972

60 (tie)

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

$33,586 (in-state, full-time)

743

60 (tie)

Temple University (Katz)

Philadelphia, PA

$55,246 (full-time)

829

60 (tie)

University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

$14,877 (in-state, full-time)

858

65 (tie)

University of Arizona-Tucson

Tucson, AZ

$31,652 (in-state, full-time)

485

65 (tie)

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

$33,500 (in-state, full-time)

525

67 (tie)

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, KS

$37,891 (in-state, full-time)

858

67 (tie)

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

$36,340 (in-state, full-time)

466

67 (tie)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

$31,208 (in-state, full-time)

824

70 (tie)

Rush University

Chicago, IL

$54,000 (full-time)

537

70 (tie)

University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

Galveston, TX

$18,386 (in-state, full-time)

954

72 (tie)

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

$50,680 (full-time)

396

72 (tie)

Saint Louis University

St. Louis, MO

$54,300 (full-time)

717

72 (tie)

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

$37,396 (in-state, full-time)

575

75 (tie)

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School-Newark

Newark, NJ

$40,274 (in-state, full-time)

752

75 (tie)

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ

$40,274 (in-state, full-time)

757

75 (tie)

University at Buffalo-SUNY (Jacobs)

Buffalo, NY

$43,020 (in-state, full-time)

673

78 (tie)

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

$15,978 (in-state, full-time)

423

78 (tie)

University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, OK

$24,752 (in-state, full-time)

658

78 (tie)

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Memphis, TN

$35,006 (in-state, full-time)

681

78 (tie)

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

$32,761 (in-state, full-time)

1,182

82

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

$29,447 (in-state, full-time)

408

83

Texas A&M Health Science Center

Bryan, TX

$15,150 (in-state, full-time)

675

84 (tie)

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

$28,358 (in-state, full-time)

942

84 (tie)

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

$57,248 (full-time)

1,043

84 (tie)

University of South Dakota (Sanford)

Sioux Falls, SD

$30,772 (in-state, full-time)

276

84 (tie)

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

$30,402 (in-state, full-time)

432

88

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

$25,491 (in-state, full-time)

490

89

University of California-Riverside

Riverside, CA

$34,290 (in-state, full-time)

245

90 (tie)

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Norfolk, VA

$31,820 (in-state, full-time)

601

90 (tie)

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Lubbock, TX

$15,616 (in-state, full-time)

729

90 (tie)

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

$42,084 (in-state, full-time)

388

93-120 (tie)

Central Michigan University

Mt Pleasant, MI

N/A

104

93-120 (tie)

East Carolina University (Brody)

Greenville, NC

$20,252 (in-state, full-time)

326

93-120 (tie)

East Tennessee State University (Quillen)

Johnson City, TN

$32,190 (in-state, full-time)

279

93-120 (tie)

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Blacksburg, VA

$45,500 (full-time)

2,005

93-120 (tie)

Florida Atlantic University (Schmidt)

Boca Raton, FL

$28,111 (in-state, full-time)

247

93-120 (tie)

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

$22,408 (in-state, full-time)

483

93-120 (tie)

Howard University

Washington, DC

$45,254 (full-time)

457

93-120 (tie)

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Erie, PA

$33,620 (full-time)

2,256

93-120 (tie)

Lincoln Memorial University (DeBusk)

Harrogate, TN

N/A

943

93-120 (tie)

Marshall University (Edwards)

Huntington, WV

$21,972 (in-state, full-time)

309

93-120 (tie)

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Grand Rapids, MI

$30,740 (in-state, full-time)

832

93-120 (tie)

Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

East Lansing, MI

$45,935 (in-state, full-time)

1,232

93-120 (tie)

Nova Southeastern University Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (Patel)

Fort Lauderdale, FL

$59,385 (full-time)

1,001

93-120 (tie)

Ohio University

Athens, OH

$35,456 (in-state, full-time)

983

93-120 (tie)

Oklahoma State University

Tulsa, OK

$25,797 (in-state, full-time)

456

93-120 (tie)

Rocky Vista University

Parker, CO

$54,980 (full-time)

900

93-120 (tie)

Rowan University (Cooper)

Camden, NJ

$62,369 (full-time)

371

93-120 (tie)

Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Stratford, NJ

$40,135 (in-state, full-time)

744

93-120 (tie)

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso

El Paso, TX

$15,616 (in-state, full-time)

416

93-120 (tie)

Touro University California

Vallejo, CA

$55,200 (full-time)

545

93-120 (tie)

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

$56,730 (full-time)

706

93-120 (tie)

University of North Dakota Grand

Forks, ND

$31,130 (in-state, full-time)

305

93-120 (tie)

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Fort Worth, TX

$13,078 (in-state, full-time)

921

93-120 (tie)

University of Pikeville

Pikeville, KY

$46,035 (full-time)

540

93-120 (tie)

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

$31,950 (in-state, full-time)

709

93-120 (tie)

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

Lewisburg, WV

$21,472 (in-state, full-time)

841

93-120 (tie)

Western University of Health Sciences

Pomona, CA

$57,825 (full-time)

1,352

93-120 (tie)

Wright State University (Boonshoft)

Dayton, OH

$34,894 (in-state, full-time)

480

Source: U.S. News

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